Oz Clarke's Grapes and Wines: The Definitive Guide to the World's Great Grapes and the Wines They Make

by Oz Clarke and Margaret Rand

Book Overview

First published in hardcover as Oz Clarke's Encyclopedia of Grapes, Oz Clarke's Grapes and Wines is newly revised and updated to provide the most current information on an even wider array of grapes.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156032910
• ISBN13: 9780156032919
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Harvest Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Oz Clarke's Grapes and Wines: The definitive guide to the world's great grapes and the wines they ma

Excellent resource for understanding grape origins,vintages, and vintners. Many pearls of knowledge that will lead to exlporing great wines.

Grapes Galore

Completely updated, you can test this, learning the recent discoveries about the origins of Zinfandel and Primitivo grapes.(pag 293). You can learn a little more about native portuguese grapes. You would enjoy having a kind of glossary to "translate": which grapes make which wines !, so you can travel Europe strange names in the wine label, either from terroirs, clos, crus, vineyards, vignerons or wine-makers and evem fantasy names. Perfect for you, who love choosing wine by their grapes. Schiffini, J. P. (Founder member of The Century Club)